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Game Critics Awards (official game press E3 awards) - E3 2016 Nominees
- Thread starter Shambalakan
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Welp guess P5 is being removed from the list.
Lots of curious omissions here given a lot of what was actually at E3.
Was Nier Automata not playable or something? I thought it was. Looked like it'd be a shoe-in for best action game... but apparently best action game is not there this year, replaced instead with best shooter
Also... no way Zelda doesn't walk every category it's in.
Yeah, I didn't think it looked too great either.
Was Nier Automata not playable or something? I thought it was. Looked like it'd be a shoe-in for best action game... but apparently best action game is not there this year, replaced instead with best shooter
Also... no way Zelda doesn't walk every category it's in.
Yeah, I didn't think it looked too great either.
I thought some people got to play it because we had quite a few gameplay screenshots. So basically they only showed gameplay footage on a screen in their booth? Understandable since everything was in Japanese.
RPG apartheid
Some of the people in that video were GAFfers too
I mean I always knew GAFfers were #NoTrueGamer
How does a mistake like that happened? How can you vote for something you haven't played.
Technically, almost everyone in every conference is a GAFer.
Fortinbras
Member
According to Easy Allies Sea of Thieves had huge lines on the show floor.
I think Huber said that all the Zelda overflow went to SoT.
Rare must have done something right because previews have been great.
I think Huber said that all the Zelda overflow went to SoT.
Rare must have done something right because previews have been great.
Confused Cheeseburger
Member
Last Guardian getting its due!
Also, yes Dishonored 2. That game may well be goty material based on its showing. I cant find any E3 hands on impressions though.
Also, yes Dishonored 2. That game may well be goty material based on its showing. I cant find any E3 hands on impressions though.
Doing some quick searches, a lot of the bigger outlets just gave out a list of their favorite games instead of awarding winners, so I'm not sure there's a quick pile to just look at for the answer.
CalamityPixel
Member
Like I said in another thread, I'm happy to have lived to see a modern Rare game being featured in the ranks of games like Zelda again.
Meh...but from these, my picks:
Best of Show- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
Best Original Game- Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream/Sony Interactive Ent.)
Best Console Game- The Last Guardian (genDESIGN/Sony Interactive Ent.)
Best PC Game- Civilization VI (Firaxis/2K)
Best VR Game- Resident Evil VII (Capcom)
Best Hardware- PlayStation VR (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Action Game- Battlefield One (DICE/EA)
Best Action/Adventure Game- The Last Guardian (GenDesign/Sony Interactive Ent.)
Best RPG- Persona 5 (Atlus)
Best Fighting Game- Injustice 2 (NetherRealm/WBIE)
Best Racing Game- Gran Turismo Sport (Polyphony Digital/Sony Interactive Ent.)
Best Sports Game- Steep (Ubisoft Annecy/Ubisoft)
Best Strategy Game- Civilization VI (Firaxis/2K)
Best Family Game- LEGO Dimensions (TT Games/WBIE)
Best Online Multiplayer- Sea of Thieves (RARE/Microsoft Studios)
Best Independent Game- Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
Best of Show- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
Best Original Game- Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream/Sony Interactive Ent.)
Best Console Game- The Last Guardian (genDESIGN/Sony Interactive Ent.)
Best PC Game- Civilization VI (Firaxis/2K)
Best VR Game- Resident Evil VII (Capcom)
Best Hardware- PlayStation VR (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Action Game- Battlefield One (DICE/EA)
Best Action/Adventure Game- The Last Guardian (GenDesign/Sony Interactive Ent.)
Best RPG- Persona 5 (Atlus)
Best Fighting Game- Injustice 2 (NetherRealm/WBIE)
Best Racing Game- Gran Turismo Sport (Polyphony Digital/Sony Interactive Ent.)
Best Sports Game- Steep (Ubisoft Annecy/Ubisoft)
Best Strategy Game- Civilization VI (Firaxis/2K)
Best Family Game- LEGO Dimensions (TT Games/WBIE)
Best Online Multiplayer- Sea of Thieves (RARE/Microsoft Studios)
Best Independent Game- Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
UberTag
Member
You'd have a difficult case in my view to not consider it the prohibitive favorite in that category.
wild wild rice
Member
Kamiya is making a new game and it's not listed under Action. Not that I think it deserves to be. But the thought sure is depressing.
Was Scalebound playable?
I'm pretty sure he's not questioning Deux Ex. Literally every site and preview I've seen labels Horizon as an RPG, but for some reason it got put into the Action/Adventure category here.
Personally I've already brought this up too, and I agree it could be in this category but it's odd to see it after seeing it being called an RPG for so long.
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
Nope.
Scalebound wasn't playable
I mean they've been calling it an RpG, but that's like calling Far Cry 4 an RPG. Technically you could but it's really an action adventure game at its core that has upgrading and rpg elements
Or maybe I could be wrong and horizon has multiple towns, dungeons etc idk
wild wild rice
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Man-is-Obsolete
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I will never understand these awards lists.
Titanfall 2 was good enough to be nominated for best in show but failed to get a second nom for either PC or Console game of show.
Titanfall 2 was good enough to be nominated for best in show but failed to get a second nom for either PC or Console game of show.
Bits N Pieces
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I fall in line with these picks over GAF's Games of E3, lol.
Great to see Rare and SoT's getting some love, now hurry the fuck up with that beta!
Great to see Rare and SoT's getting some love, now hurry the fuck up with that beta!
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
I fall in line with these picks over GAF's Games of E3, lol.
Great to see Rare and SoT's getting some love, now hurry the fuck up with that beta!
Well to be fair the judges got to play SoT while most of GAF was going off what was shown at the conference show.
I'm guessing a lot of journalists vote for the console and PC awards based on if they feel the game embodies the values of the platform the best.
Titanfall 2 kind of treads between the platforms so it could get vote split or ignored in favor of games that are more directly tied to the platform, like how Civilization is thought of as a PC game in nature.
Empyrean Heaven
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Zelda should win best in show, but of course it won't.
UberTag
Member
That seems overly cynical. You should save that for the 2017 Game of the Year awards.
QuantumBro
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Zelda (and the NX) will (hopefully) be out by next e3, that was the whole point of showing it off at this one.
Lol welcome to the world of award show legitimacy.
Don't ever look behind the curtain of the Golden Globes, it might irreparably break your spirits.
I don't get people like you. Horizon, Dark Souls, and so on are not RPGs. They should never be considered RPGs.
I just had a war with our internal staff about this when we were coming up with our own E3 awards. A handful of people told me how dumb I was for thinking that.
I don't get people like you. Horizon, Dark Souls, and so on are not RPGs. They should never be considered RPGs.
I just had a war with our internal staff about this when we were coming up with our own E3 awards. A handful of people told me how dumb I was for thinking that.
What? Dark Souls DEFINITELY is an RPG.
...The game was playable by anyone attending EA Live.
I'll be damned if I'm going to call any game that doesn't have a party system in it an RPG.
..well, okay, save a few options like say Fallout 4, which keeps its RPG tag through other means.
JayWood2010
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I had already made a thread about it a week or so ago, but everybody seems to be raving about sea of thieves. A lot of sites have given it awards for beat of show, some saying its the most fun they have had at e3 in years
You mean EA play? Wasn't that before E3/technically not part of it?
I am getting a Titanfall with a dash of Evolve Tea in some of the comments and impressions about Sea of Thieves.
Me and some friend will keep our expectations on check for that one.
Neoleo2143
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I would argue that Dark Souls has quite a bit more "Role Playing" than Fallout 4. Horizon seems more like Open world Monster Hunter not really an RPG. I'm not really sure what Aloy is supposed to be unlike how Geralt is a monster Hunter in more ways than one.
You rather people say it's garbage. I mean if a game is showing promise it's great. Rather than the opposite of course. If it turns out the exact opposite on release oh well these things happen. This could happen with any game, look good turn out garbage on release or even vice versa. Better for it to show promise.